STATE PAPERS. 



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army. Gcnertil Nogarolla had 

 scarcely set out, when they were 

 surprised in INIunich by the intelli- 

 gence, that the Austrian army were 

 preparing to cross the Inn. The 

 elector now easily perceived that 

 the Austrian generals were deter- 

 mined to put it out of his power 

 quietly to deliberate upon the pro- 

 positions made to him, and that they 

 hastened at the very commencement 

 of the negotiations, to make sure 

 of the Bavarian troops, and, per- 

 haps, of the person of the regent 

 himself. As to what concerns the 

 troops, the licuteuant field-marshal 

 Mack affected no disguise, and con- 

 fessed to a Bavarian officer, that, in 

 consideration of the hopes which 

 had been held out to the prince of 

 Schwarzenberg, he had counter- 

 manded the forced march of the di- 

 vision of General Klenau, which 

 was destined to surprise Neuburgh, 

 in order to cut off the retreat of the 

 electoral troops. The moment was 

 now arrived, when the elector of 

 Bavaria, who had hitherto lent im- 

 plicit confidence to the friendly as- 

 surances of the imperial envoy, 

 should adopt a prompt and steady 

 resolution to preserve his honour 

 and independence. Without the 

 smallest hostile view, but in order 

 to maintain his neutrality, the court 

 - of Rlunich endeavoured to gain 

 time, and to conceal the measures 

 which it had recourse to, under the 

 , pressure of the moment, from prince 

 ' Schwarzenberg. When a wish was 

 expressed further to treat with this 

 j general, who had, in so commanding 

 a tone, required an answer in twen- 

 ty-four hours, the elector and his 

 minister found out with astonish- 

 ment, that he was provided with no 

 powers, and that before coming to 

 any conclusion, field-marsbal Mack 



must be consulted. The Interview 

 for which this general and prince 

 Schwarzenberg had proposed the 

 9th of September, was agreed to, 

 and in the mean time the Austrian 

 troops actually entered Bavaria. 

 With their first steps they made 

 heavy requisitions, demanded the 

 administration of the country to 

 be placed in their hands, and began 

 to force their paper money into cir- 

 culation at its nominal value, while, 

 in their own land, it had fallen to a 

 discount of more than 50 per cent, 

 in exchange for specie. In such 

 circumstances an alliance should be 

 concluded, stipulating the reform 

 and incorporation of the Bavarian 

 army. In the night between the 

 8th and 9th of September, orders 

 were given for the march of the 

 electoral troops. The elector and 

 his ministers withdrew from further 

 vexations, quitted the capital, and 

 betook themselves to the Franco- 

 nian provinces. Notwithstanding 

 the violent proceedings taken against 

 the elector, his personal confidence 

 in his majesty the emperor, and even 

 in field-marshal Mack, was not di- 

 minished. The electoral lieutenant 

 colonel Ribaupierre, was dispatched 

 to an appointed interview at Haag, 

 as he was the person best qualified 

 to give the imperial quarter-master 

 the most accurate information, re- 

 specting the state of the Bavarian 

 army. lie was commissioned to 

 represent, that the union of the Ba- 

 varian troops could not be assented 

 to as a preliminary, but must be the 

 result of previous negotiation ; and 

 particularly to declare, that his 

 electoral highness would never con- 

 sent to the disbanding of his troops, 

 and would rather perish than sub- 

 mit to it. He remarked to Field- 

 marshal Mack, that tiie Bavarian 



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